Robinhood Rival Public.com ​​Pitches Town Halls And Analytics To Reach Retail Investors. Ask Cathie Wood A Question

Robinhood Rival Public.com ​​Pitches Town Halls And Analytics To Reach Retail Investors. Ask Cathie Wood A Question

Trading app Public, which last year denounced the controversial payment-for-order-flow practice, has come up with a different way to offer free trades: sell public companies and ETF sponsors access and data.

Back in early February, hundreds of retail investors—many of them novices infatuated by meme stocks and looking to learn more about the market—gathered on trading app Public.com to pick the mind of high-profile stock-picker Cathie Wood via the platform's chat feature.